Critical Care
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Speedy sepsis care slows in-hospital mortality
WASHINGTON – Sepsis and septic shock patients treated within 3 hours had lower in-hospital mortality rates than those treated between hours 3 and...
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Oral iron of no benefit in heart failure with iron deficiency
High-dose oral iron therapy doesn’t improve exercise capacity in the estimated 50% of patients with symptomatic heart failure who also have iron...
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Consider strongyloidiasis before giving oral steroids
Strongyloides stercoralis infection can flare dramatically when patients take oral steroids.
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Adjunctive rifampicin doesn’t improve any outcome in S. aureus bacteremia
Staphylococcus aureus
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For bone and joint infections, oral antibiotics match IV, cost less
For bone and joint infections, oral antibiotics are as good as IV antibiotics and cost much less.
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Hospital infections top WHO’s list of priority pathogens
WHO is urging governments to focus antibiotic research efforts on a list of urgent bacterial threats, topped by several increasingly powerful...
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Sepsis survivors may have high risk for seizures
BOSTON – Survivors of sepsis face a significantly increased risk of seizures following an index hospitalization, regardless of any previous...
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Monotherapy as good as combo for antibiotic-resistant infections in low-risk patients
Reserve combination therapy for patients with high mortality risk
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Plazomicin beats gold standard antibiotics in complex, gram-negative bacterial infections
Enterobacteriaceae.
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Hospital floors are an overlooked reservoir for pathogens
Floors in hospital patients’ rooms are frequently contaminated with pathogens that are easily transmitted.
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Septic shock patients suffer most from delayed antibiotics
Hospital mortality for sepsis patients was 9% more likely with each hour of delayed administration of antibiotics, a study found.